COMMENTARIES
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IPCS Debate
China and Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ): Cold Confrontation with the US?
Chintamani Mahapatra · 10 Dec, 2013 · #4213 · Commentary
In recent years, Asia-Pacific region has caught global attention more for periodic political upheavals than for its economic dynamism. Most of the political turmoil, significantly, has been caused by the fastest growing economy—the people&...
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China: First Stealth Drone
Angana Guha Roy · 09 Dec, 2013 · #4212 · Commentary
The test flight of China’s first stealth drone, Lijan, in November 2013, makes China leap from drones to combat drones. It demonstrates China’s enormous military expenditure towards building a world class level of military power. Lij...
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Seminar Report
Iran Nuclear Deal
Ayesha Khanyari · 09 Dec, 2013 · #4211 · Commentary
Amb Sheel Kant Sharma
Former Permanent Representative of India to all international organisations in Vienna
A lot of hard work has gone into putting the interim deal together. Rouhani represents the generational change that Iran has gone thr...
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Seminar Report
Nepal Elections 2013: Return of NC and UML, and the Fall of Maoists and Madhes Parties
Sisir Devkota · 09 Dec, 2013 · #4210 · Commentary
Sisir Devkota
Research Intern, IPCS
The second round of Constituent Assembly elections took place on 19 November 2013 with 122 political parties contesting in 240 election constituencies. The election was carried out for 601 seats in the par...
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TAPI Pipeline: Will 2013-14 be the Tipping Point?
D Suba Chandran · 06 Dec, 2013 · #4209 · Commentary
The idea of constructing a 1,700 km long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Indian pipeline, which was in limbo for more than ten years, suddenly seems to be picking up in the recent months. Where does this enthusiasm come from? Will the project ...
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Bangladesh Elections 2013
Can the President Resolve the Political Crisis?
Harun ur Rashid · 03 Dec, 2013 · #4208 · Commentary
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on 19 November 2013 met President Abdul Hamid and urged him to take steps towards a consensus between the ruling and the opposition parties for holding a free, fair and participatory election under a non-party governm...
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India-Pakistan: Talking to Both the Sharifs
D Suba Chandran · 03 Dec, 2013 · #4207 · Commentary
Now that Pakistan has a new Chief of Army Staff, Gen Raheel Sharif, replacing Gen Kayani, what should India do? Should we ignore him, and dialogue only with Nawaz Sharif, the elected Prime Minister? Or should we accept the real politics of Pakis...
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Peace Audit
Ten Years of Ceasefire along the LoC: Perspectives from Poonch
KD Maini · 03 Dec, 2013 · #4206 · Commentary
Peace process and ceasefire along the LoC means different things for the people living in different parts of J&K. For the people of Poonch, the ceasefire of 26 November 2003 brought peace to the area, gave security of life and property to peop...
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Japan’s Revised Defence Posture in 2013: An Assessment
Angana Guha Roy · 30 Nov, 2013 · #4205 · Commentary
The report recently published by Japan’s Defence Posture Review Commission projects an expected shift in Japan’s upcoming Defence Programme Guidelines, slated to be out by the end of this year. It points out the changing security env...
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India & Bangladesh: A Breakthrough in Water Relations?
Roomana Hukil · 30 Nov, 2013 · #4204 · Commentary
The forthcoming elections in Bangladesh and India raise uncertainty over the settlement of the land boundary, trade route and hydraulic issues between the two neighbours. Several strategic analysts have assessed the significance of signing the T...
